Ourebia ourebi

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1783)

Oribi

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Antilopini
Genus : Ourebia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 3, 268

Original name as described

Antilope ourebi

Other common names

Oorbietjie · Western Oribi · Sudan Oribi · Central Oribi · Southern Oribi

Type locality

Cape of Good Hope.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Mali · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Somalia · Tanzania · Rwanda · Burundi · Zambia · Angola · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho

Taxonomy notes

includes hastata, montana, and quadriscopa, which were considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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